<p>THE SAT IS NOT A PREDICTOR OF SUCCESS IN COLLEGE. PERIOD.</p>
<p>Its used simply and solely for admissions offices to separate the wheat from the chaff and then only with a very blunt instrument.</p>
<p>I could do a PhD thesis on this topic and then some. Plenty of anecdotal stories of kids with lower or low SAT’s who EXCEL in college, and plenty with high or higher who fail.</p>
<p>Success in college is about motivation, maturity, preparation, consistency, clean lifestyles, passion, and many other factors…most of which have NOTHING whatever to do with the SAT exam.</p>
<p>Kids who failed chemistry in high school who do fine in college. Or kids who got an A in chemistry in high school and failed it in college. </p>
<p>I was the poster boy for underperformers in high school except for those few classes I loved. I went in the military (yes, it was the end of the Vietnam era though I was not sent to Vietnam..but would have gone if they sent me orders) and when I returned to start college I was motivated in the extreme…and did amazingly well in college. </p>
<p>But the SAT is a fact of life and its become a bigger factor than it ever was intended to be, sadly. So it will either open doors for you or close them. It is what it is.</p>
<p>But move on after you accept your offer of admission no matter where that is. Prove yourself in college by being a strong student, and have fun too.</p>